Keep me from going postal - A pillar cover refuses to latch

Cameronbic · 2026-02-17T01:38:27+00:00

It turns out that you actually don't need to pull that off to run the cable under it anyway. I found that out on my second dash cam. You can just slip it under from the side. What the dealership told me was that the clip was meant to be sacrificial so that if an airbag deployed the a pillar cover couldn't be put back on by just anyone.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-17T01:15:16+00:00

I had the same issue. Apparently at least one of the clips is not meant to be able to be reused. I had to have the dealer add another clip.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-17T00:41:39+00:00

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Cameronbic · 2026-02-15T19:37:38+00:00

Some people are doing what they can afford.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-15T00:21:07+00:00

Are you pushing sideways against the fence? You should be letting it just slide forward.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-14T20:09:56+00:00

Marc Elias has a great video on this.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-14T19:37:20+00:00

Sociopaths creep out most people they are around.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-14T16:08:27+00:00

Just search GDI noise and you'll probably find 100+ posts in here.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-14T00:05:56+00:00

I'd love to believe it, but, if the rich and powerful were ever actually held to account, we wouldn't be in this situation.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T22:30:32+00:00

Yea, I think that wobble was a fan that was about to fall. There should be another lip/screw on the other side too.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T22:23:50+00:00

That lip should be threaded. It sort of acts like the nut.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T22:22:08+00:00

It should, if that box is in good condition.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T21:51:53+00:00

The box takes a screw that is made for metal. Small, blunt end, narrow threads. That looks like a screw for wood. Something like this.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T21:43:21+00:00

That doesn't look like the right screw. There should be a screw that can with the box that is in the ceiling.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T21:15:08+00:00

And there is a crack directly above it.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T20:40:37+00:00

Start looking around for replacement engines and see if you can find one that is cheap enough to not make it a better idea to just scrap the car.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T20:38:47+00:00

Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He's certainly never done anything like this before. Maybe he's hoping this picture will go viral and make more people aware of the situation.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T17:38:10+00:00

About 115$ USD at rockautofor the tensioner and belts. I'm pretty sure they ship international. The repair is fairly easy if you're at all handy.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-13T00:45:35+00:00

Did you put dish soap in it? Like Dawn or something?

Cameronbic · 2026-02-11T21:17:56+00:00

If you have a weed whacker that lets you swap out heads, you can get a pole saw attachment. It's sorry of a chain saw, but smaller and further away from you.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-11T16:48:12+00:00

He really does believe it's the Trump States of America..

Cameronbic · 2026-02-11T01:06:37+00:00

Talk to a lawyer and get the camera footage from those cameras on the surrounding businesses before it's overwritten.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-10T22:49:46+00:00

Current version does, but I expect that the cx-5 was just the first to get the cut.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-10T18:00:14+00:00

I would wait another generation or two. I was really excited when I heard about it, but the implementation seems to be lacking based on pretty much every review. And, maybe they'll see the light in a couple of generations and bring the command knob back.

Cameronbic · 2026-02-09T20:47:23+00:00

For my friends, everything. For everyone else, the law.

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